[Commlist] Conference: Digital Cultures of the Caucasus: Queer-Feminist Perspectives

International Conference

Digital Cultures of the Caucasus: Queer-Feminist Perspectives


University of Regensburg, Germany, 3–5, 2027


This conference seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners 
interested in making queer and feminist interventions in digitally 
mediated cultures of the Caucasus. In this rich linguistic, cultural, 
and politically diverse space stretching from Dagestan to northwestern 
Iran and Türkiye, the digital dimension has been an active arena of 
negotiating agency in the twenty-first century. Multiple diasporas 
around the world further enrich the complexity of digital imaginaries, 
participation, and belonging in the Caucasus.


We invite contributions from across Cultural Studies, Media and 
Communication Studies, Literary Studies, Performance Studies, Visual 
Studies, History, Art History, Gender Studies, and adjacent fields, as 
well as from outside academia, that critically engage with digital 
culture, politics, and society in the Caucasus. How do, for instance, 
regimes of visibility and opacity shape digital cultures across the 
Caucasus and in the diaspora? How could practices of surveillance, 
policing, and their contestations inform our analytical approaches to 
regional digital ecosystems? And how might we conceptualize the “gaze” 
across geopolitical and cultural terrains?


The full CfA can be accessed from here: 
https://tatianaklepikova.com/cfps/digital-cultures-of-the-caucasus/ 
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The conference language is English. Please submit an abstract of about 
250 words and a short bio of about 100 words (as one document) by July 
15, 2026, to the organizers at all three email addresses: 
(tatiana.klepikova /at/ ur.de) <mailto:(tatiana.klepikova /at/ ur.de)>; 
(christian.pentzold /at/ uni-leipzig.de) 
<mailto:(christian.pentzold /at/ uni-leipzig.de)>; (ilgar.seyidov /at/ atilim.edu.tr) 
<mailto:(ilgar.seyidov /at/ atilim.edu.tr)>


Notes of acceptance will follow in August. Our discussions at the 
conference will be based on internally pre-circulated papers (under this 
format, we include academic contributions as well as essay reflections 
on artistic practice). Participants will need to submit their papers of 
2,000 words by January 31, 2027, to enable enough time for everyone to 
read each other’s work. Following the conference, we will invite select 
authors to further develop their contributions for an edited volume in a 
peer-reviewed book series.


The conference will be held in person in Germany. The organizers have 
secured limited funding to support travel costs and cover accommodation 
for participants, with priority given to early-career researchers, 
scholars based in the region, and practitioners. We recognize that 
personal and professional situations may vary and are open to 
considering hybrid participation in exceptional cases. If you are unable 
to participate in person, please note this information in your submission.


For any questions, please reach out to Tatiana Klepikova at 
(tatiana.klepikova /at/ ur.de) <mailto:(tatiana.klepikova /at/ ur.de)>


Conference organizers:


Tatiana Klepikova

University of Regensburg | Research group on Queer Literatures and 
Cultures under Socialism


Christian Pentzold

Leipzig University | Department of Communication and Media Studies


Ilgar Seyidov

Atılım University | Department of Public Relations and Advertising



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